..Thrombotic events, if not lethal, deteriorate the quality of life in AOSD patients. This report illustrates the spectrum of AOSD and underlines the need to include PVT in differential diagnosis if serum liver enzyme levels fluctuate...

..It thus appears that mild, chronic overproduction of ET-1 does not primarily cause hypertension but triggers damaging changes in the kidney which lead to the susceptibility to salt-induced hypertension...

Acute ventricular reduction with the acorn cardiac support device: effect on progressive left ventricular dysfunction and dilation in dogs with chronic heart failure